Different solutions by bees to a foraging problem

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1273-1280

  Cakmak, Ibrahim ^a   Sanderson, Charlotte ^b   Blocker, Tomica D ^c   Lisa Pham, L ^d   Checotah, Sky ^d   Norman, Ashley A ^d   Harader Pate, Brice K ^e   Tyler Reidenbaugh, R ^f   Nenchev, Peter ^g   Barthell, John F ^d   Wells, Harrington ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; foraging; honeybee; individuality; specialization

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; HANDLING TIME; HONEYBEE; INDIVIDUALISM; NECTAR; SPECIALIZATION; SUCROSE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 64549158886     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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